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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

605 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

MORRIS...WABAUNSEE...SHAWNEE...SOUTHERN GEARY AND SOUTHERN JACKSON

COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION

  MAYETTA

  HOYT

  DELIA

  ROSSVILLE

  SILVER LAKE

  WILLARD

  MAPLE HILL

  PAXICO

  MCFARLAND

  VOLLAND

  ALTA VISTA

  DWIGHT

  ALMA



RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN WERE 

COMMON FROM NORTH OF TOPEKA TO NEAR COUNCIL GROVE.  SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES...WHICH IS ENOUGH TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS 

WHERE FIELDS MAY DRAIN ACROSS ROADWAYS.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER

MAY BE VERY DEEP. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED...TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER.



LAT...LON 3890 9691 3853 9690 3899 9564 3936 9561

      3936 9599 3914 9599



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